“This coming week is collection week for Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes!  All filled boxes need to be returned to the Oliver Alliance Church by Friday, November 22, in order to be shipped off to the Calgary processing facility and beyond. Please bring your boxes to the church’s side office door during regular office hours – […]

A strict anti-homophobia policy has been adopted by the Surrey school board, more than a decade after it went to the Supreme Court to keep books about same-sex partners out of the classroom. The board says it will include curriculum and learning resources that reaffirm the inclusion of all members of the community, regardless of […]

The government of B.C. will be distributing $18.2 million in compensation for municipal property taxes to 63 communities throughout the province, including several here in the Okanagan. Grants-in-lieu of property taxes are distributed annually as a way to reimburse municipalities for services that have benefited government properties, such as sewers, roads and fire protection. A […]

You have asked me to write a few words on the Health Forum hosted by the Oliver Parks and Recreation Society and facilitated by Beth Garrish. These are my opinions alone based on the questions given: “What impressed you about this forum?” Good participation by those present but it would have been better for it’s future […]